Poster: Applying Kanban to healthcare via immersive 3D virtual reality

This project aims to enable the study of group process in simulated environments that are often inaccessible to physically study. We choose to study the inventory management technique, known as Kanban in a simulated operating room. A multi-viewer immersive 3D VR is used to simulate the scenario. Fourteen participants tested the 15-minute activity in the environment. Participants interacted with the system in pairs, each participant given their own unique viewpoint. We found that iVR is an acceptable tool to learn and apply Kaban. This project opens opportunities for other engineering techniques to be simulated before their application in industry.